Your finger should be placed behind the trigger to prevent it from moving when handling a gun.
Placing your finger on the trigger of a rifle means the firing sequence has started.
Gun safety rules only apply to hunters in the field.
Gun safety rules apply to both hunters in the field and shooters on the range.
When picking up or accepting a gun, check to see if it is unloaded.
Don’t take someone’s word, always check yourself to see if a gun is loaded.
When you are finished hunting or shooting, you may leave your gun loaded as long as you put it is a case.
When climbing a steep hill, tree, or crossing a stream, you should unload your gun.
The most dangerous part of any gun is the end of the barrel called the muzzle.
Shotguns use different sizes of ammunition or shells. Each size is called a caliber.
With shotguns, the distance from your target determines the type of choke you will use.
You point a shotgun rather than aim it.
Older shotguns that have a Damascus barrel are safe to shoot.
Rifle barrels have grooves cut into the inside of the barrel and these grooves are called rifling.
Always point your gun in a safe direction.
